Nearest Location

The Nearest Location API suggests partial location results for a given latitude and longitude. This is also known as reverse geocoding.

Step 1.

Request

GET POST https://api.getAddress.io/nearest-location/{latitude}/{longitude}?api-key={api-key} 

Response

{
    "suggestions": 
    [
        {
            "distance": 0.1,
            "location": "Harold Hill, Romford, Essex",
            "url": "/get-location/NDg5YmQ5NzY5Zjk0YmI5IDUxMTQ3MTI1",
            "id": "NDg5YmQ5NzY5Zjk0YmI5IDUxMTQ3MTI1"
        }
    ]
}

Step 2.

The selected 'Id' is passed to the 'Get-Location' API to return the full location.

Request

GET https://api.getAddress.io/get-location/{id}?api-key={api-key}  

Response

{
    "latitude": 51.6086605,
    "longitude": 0.21630145,
    "area":  "Havering",
    "town_or_city":  "Romford",
    "county":  "Essex",
    "country":  "England",
    "postcode": "RM3 7XL",
    "outcode": "RM3"
}

Optional Parameters